Hopkins vs Robbinsdale

A side-by-side comparison of Hopkins and Robbinsdale: population, income, housing, and more.

Hopkins and Robbinsdale are places in Minnesota. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Hopkins has the higher population (18,696 vs 14,318 in Robbinsdale). Robbinsdale has the higher median household income ($84,719 vs $71,170 in Hopkins). Hopkins has the higher median home value ($350,100 vs $280,400 in Robbinsdale).

Population, income & housing

	Hopkins	Robbinsdale
Population	18,696	14,318
Median age	38.1 yrs	38.3 yrs
Median household income	$71,170	$84,719
Median home value	$350,100	$280,400
Median gross rent	$1,346	$1,582
Housing units	10,105	6,639
Homeownership rate	37.3%	70.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	47.0%	40.2%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hopkins	Robbinsdale
Population	18,382 → 18,696 (+1.7%)	14,468 → 14,318 (-1.0%)
Median household income	$56,390 → $71,170 (+26.2%)	$70,348 → $84,719 (+20.4%)
Median home value	$227,500 → $350,100 (+53.9%)	$201,100 → $280,400 (+39.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,032 → $1,346 (+30.4%)	$982 → $1,582 (+61.1%)

Hopkins

Population

18,38218,696

Median household income

$56,390$71,170

Median home value

$227,500$350,100

Median gross rent

$1,032$1,346

Robbinsdale

Population

14,46814,318

Median household income

$70,348$84,719

Median home value

$201,100$280,400

Median gross rent

$982$1,582

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hopkins	Robbinsdale
Under 5	8.2%	8.5%
5 to 17	10.9%	13.0%
18 to 24	5.1%	5.5%
25 to 34	22.2%	18.5%
35 to 44	13.0%	14.5%
45 to 54	11.4%	10.8%
55 to 64	11.1%	12.1%
65 to 74	8.3%	10.1%
75 and over	9.7%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hopkins	Robbinsdale
White (non-Hispanic)	63.2%	64.3%
Black or African American	19.7%	18.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	3.6%	2.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.1%
Two or more races	7.5%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	5.5%	10.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hopkins	Robbinsdale
No high school diploma	4.6%	5.5%
High school graduate	18.3%	20.3%
Some college or associate's	30.1%	34.0%
Bachelor's degree	32.6%	29.3%
Graduate or professional degree	14.4%	11.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hopkins	Robbinsdale
Drove alone	65.0%	71.3%
Carpooled	8.1%	5.9%
Public transit	3.0%	2.6%
Walked	2.9%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.2%
Worked from home	18.8%	17.7%
Other means	2.2%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hopkins	Robbinsdale
1-unit, detached	30.7%	65.4%
1-unit, attached	8.6%	6.5%
2 to 4 units	3.9%	5.0%
5 to 19 units	17.3%	5.3%
20 or more units	39.5%	17.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Hopkins	Robbinsdale
Poverty rate	10.0%	11.4%
Average household size	1.93	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	19	22
Median year structure built	1973	1957